A Two taxi companies have different pricing systems. Company A charges a flat fee of $8 plus $0.10
per mile driven. Company B does not charge a flat fee, but charges $0.60 per mile driven. At what
distance do both companies charge the same amount?

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answer: the answer is 110

this is a direct variation proportion. y = kx

y is the total amount due, k is the constant of variation, and x is the number of texts sent.

plug in the 3.20 and the 16 to solve for the "k". this is the constant of proportionality. it is the value that will not change.

3.20 = k(16). solving you get $.20 per text.

the equation would then be y = .20x